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[@Calzaki]

The tank blowing up that gazibo is why they had to spend a whole other episode crawling around ducts to save money 😂

[@MarkSW]

FUN FACT: The tank Kryten drives is the same one Pierce Brosnan used in the James Bond film Goldeneye.

[@danielwhyatt3278]

Oh cooool, I didn’t know that.

[@badfairy9554]

thanks that's cool.

[@williamcrowe2576]

"I'll just borrow the tank from the WWII game, and then I think we'll have everyone's attention!"

[@nigelmurphy6761]

And they apparently blew up half of the neighborhood and pissed off the neighbours in the process

[@phillipcarlroberts4640]

A lot of fans thought that the voice of the simulant Don Henderson was generated with special effects but it was his actual voice, he was terminally ill with throat cancer at the time and died a few months after filming. also the explosion to the gazebo was so destructive it set off car alarms and attracted complaints from nearby resident's. According to the cast some windows also broke and peoples paintings fell off their walls...The reason why the explosion was so big was because the crew always complained how explosions in the show were never 'epic' enough, so in this episode they decided to change this by using c4...

[@calebmarmon1310]

I didn’t know that about the actor. That is cool that he could use his actual voice without it being an issue. Sad that he passed so soon after though.

[@phillipcarlroberts4640]

@@calebmarmon1310 Even I thought they had modified his voice when it aired, as a fan you do gather certain information over the years, I am glad they cast him because he played the role superbly despite his illness, RIP

[@santanamauricio]

The army was showing off

[@kmac169]

"Why don't we ask someone who'll give us a least bit intelligent answer? Hello wall, what do you think?" One of my favorite Kochanski moments ever.

[@laserpanda94]

I wasn't aware liking Jane Austen was a female stereotype. I thought the idea of Kochanski liking her was due to her character being more sophisticated and refined than the rest of the crew, something that was established in earlier episodes with her suggesting the 'magic flute' game and describing her privileged upbringing.

[@lifeisagame2023]

She was actually a satirical writer. Jane Austin was taking the piss out of the stereotype, not celebrating it

[@PassiveSmoking]

Yeah, I always took the Jane Austin fixation as being a middle/upper-class stereotype, not a girl stereotype.

[@Martin-xd4jl]

Yeah... I see where the GG's are coming from seeing Kochanski as a bit of a stereotype and viewing some of the comedy being hokey gendered stuff, but personally I think this is more a case of very British class-based comedy not landing so well with Americans. It's one of those things that's really hard to fully understand unless you've actually lived here.

[@iridescent6685]

@@Martin-xd4jl Not all women are like that, but this Kochanski definitely is.

[@eZTarg8mk2]

In Cat's defence of giving a multiple century range...against 3 million years it's a narrow window XD

[@mcborge1]

Don Henderson was in Star Wars a new hope. He played the imperial General Taggi in the board room on the death star. He was the one who said the rebels might find a weakness and exploit it.

[@liamclarke91]

Now that was one growly man compared to smarmy Motti or posh Tarkin.

[@mcborge1]

@@liamclarke91 Yup, and with a weird haircut too.

[@alexfletcher5192]

Nice to see Don Henderson back in sci-fi. He rated the rebel alliance's chances of destroying the Death Star. He pursued Delta to a holiday camp in Wales. But now he gets to do some really serious work.

[@mikemeggison5084]

I'm a Mainer, and lobster doesn't reheat well, and it definitely doesn't cold store well. You have to eat it fresh, fresh, fresh piping hot. The disintegration starts immediately. There's no effing around with lobster. You're gonna eat it or not. Kryten is right to be angry.

[@CrowVWade]

Sounds like food only appealing in a survival situation. Only time I’d eat giant ocean insects

[@liamclarke91]

You'd think someone as sophisticated as Kochanski would have known.

[@jrod4344]

@@CrowVWade Never had lobster, but that is how I feel about crab legs. Eat within like 3 minutes, or it turns to crap. Won't eat it again unless I have to, to survive.

[@Meee-ye7sr]

Too right! You tell 'em :-)

[@clasicradiolover]

They could have put it in stasis.

[@SarahH-ns6ly]

I had completely forgotten about this episode! I entirely concur with Paula's thoughts on Jane Austen adaptations. The 1995 miniseries is the best P&P.

[@davidsedgley1133]

100% right. The 6-episode BBC miniseries of Pride and Prejudice is the definitive screen version of the story.

[@gestaltdude]

Another fun fact...When filming the gazebo being destroyed, someone forgot to warn the neighbours. As a result, some rather confused members of the constabulary arrived to find, well, Red Dwarf in progress. This isn't the first time the Beeb has been negligent in such matters. Police were also called after a battle between two different Dalek factions were shot in the London suburb of Hammersmith, for the Seventh Doctor story Remembrance of the Daleks. Turns out some of the explosions rattled windows and st off car alarms, similar to the shock waves from the gazebo the blown up. :D

[@theyearsshallrun6641]

Always loved this one. Kryten's hysteria makes sense and there's some genuine peril and stakes again. Plus a great duel performance from Robert.

[@partariothe5th]

If I'm not mistaken, Robert wrote this episode aswell. I remember him commenting about giving himself more time in makeup on the dvd documentary.

[@helenwood8482]

Completely agree, watch the Colin Firth version. Also watch Persuasion (Austen's best work) with Amanda Roond Ciaran Hinds.

[@theyearsshallrun6641]

I was one of those guys who had zero interest in Pride & Prejudice but then absolutely loved it when I saw it. There's a reason it's a stone cold classic.

[@twelvefootnine]

The thing lots of guys seem to miss when they assume period dramas are all sappy romance and frilly dresses is the layers upon layers of intrigue. Some of those dramas are absolutely *ruthless* with their power-plays and Machiavellian manipulations. Some of these stories could take 'Game of Thrones' to school.

[@theyearsshallrun6641]

@@twelvefootnineTotally agree. The social rules are brutal. The twists in Pride & Prejudice are brilliant.

[@msr98111]

The BBC miniseries of P&P with Colin Firth was great. I'd watch a reaction, but there might be like 5 of us.

[@jasonburgess5776]

No there will be more than 5. It's sad that there's only a few reactions to the miniseries on KZbin. It's still my favourite over the film. Would love to see the sense and sensibility reaction too. Emma Thompson loved the Jane Austen world so much she went on to buy and live in her own English manor house.

[@Azzthom2]

Don Henderson appeared in the original 'Star Wars'. He gives the speech beginning "until this battle station is fully operational..." He also appeared in the classic Dr Who story 'Delta and the Bannermen' from the Sylvester McCoy era.

[@PGHEngineer]

A fine actor best seen in "Strangers" and "Bulman" which yoh can still see on KZbin. He died of throat cancer in 1997, the same year this Red Dwarf episode was released.

[@dvsreed]

He ain't heavy, he's my brother is my favorite line from the series

[@davidsavage6910]

Don Henderson was a main stay in British TV drama and comedy in the 70's and 80's. From police detective to alien simulant.

[@zvimur]

High ranking Imperial (New Hope).

[@ashbridgeindustries380]

Kochanski's love of Jane Austen is more about class than gender. The joke is basically that she's too posh to gel with the rest of the crew, especially Lister, who is working class and, by his own admission in Series 1, has never read a book.

[@vincentking2552]

But he has got a book on loan from the library.

[@SpikeMatthews]

For the scene where Kryten uses the tank to blast the gazebo, they got the local army camp involved. The reason? They wanted a slightly larger explosion than is normally allowed for safe, non-military purposes. Unfortunately, the army people were a little /too/ enthusiastic, and they wrapped that poor gazebo in so much explosive that bits were found miles away, and windows from houses (non-army, also miles away) were broken. The crew were also warned by the army not to warn the locals, or to apologise after the fact - otherwise they'd have to start doing that too!

[@theyearsshallrun6641]

How good does Danny John Jules look as Mr Wickham?!? Seriously suits him.

[@knitcrochettiger361]

i've been subscribed to the Gallifrey Gals for more than 4 years now :) :) :) always loved your Dcotor Who vids....loving the Red Dwarf and Battlestar Galactica (2004) vids

[@peterrobbins9303]

I don"t care what you're reacting to, I love it. I love your chemistry together. Keep it up please.

[@RubesGoodBrainCoffee]

Yes! This is exactly why I watch your Red Dwarf reactions -- to get all of the Norton Anthology-style footnotes for all of the Jane Austin references. 😉

[@Meee-ye7sr]

"I want it to be Kochanski and Rimmer..." Hahahahahaha.. Cassandra anyone? Ha :-)

[@AndyBarnes-c9u]

Pride and Predjudice is a fantastic film as is Sense and Sensibility

[@DavidMacDowellBlue]

My own faves are NORTHANGER ABBEY and PERSUASION.

[@Marwolaeth01]

I... I have no memory of this episode. That is so strange, perhaps I missed a week when first aired? But this one just didn't ring a bell.

[@backtoearth1983]

The Gazebo exploding broke windows a mile away. That was C4, not a fuel air bomb like normal.

[@polythenewrappedme6102]

You were only supposed to blow the bl**dy doors off ! Ooops. Wrong film !

[@The-Cosmic-Hobo]

Thanks for continuing to put out these videos for us to all enjoy.

[@IdrilSilmarien]

I would love to watch you react to any and all Jane Austen adaptations. But especially the 1995 P&P miniseries.

[@Nickel_The_Wise]

Might be the hardest I'd laughed during the newer episodes, seeing Kryten charging thru the undergrowth like he's lost his damn mind, darting off the girls one by one before driving an amphibious tank onto the shores next to Bingsley's gazebo and blowing it straight to hell, just because they missed HIS BIG DAY, HOW COULD THEY BE THIS HEARTLESS?! Krytie, it's alright, you're the pride of the Devadroid line, and one of my favorite things about these latter seasons~

[@theyearsshallrun6641]

The Nega-Drive explains why he’s been SO prissy lately too, not just in this episode but in the build up.

[@Nickel_The_Wise]

@@theyearsshallrun6641 Indeed it dooo, and does a decent enough job of showing that his panicky dodgy fear/rage at Kachanski's arrival was just the thing his overall bubbling cauldron of synthetic emotion needed to reach full fomentation. Thank god Smug Mode wasn't damaged in the explosion of angy data~

[@markbailey5673]

Yep, a bloke here who considers Pride & Prejudice as one of the best books I've read.

[@BD-sb7hb]

Perhaps I didn't make myself clear. I said supper is ready!

[@dthejc]

One of my favourite Red Dwarf moments.

[@Skeezer66]

It's interesting, I remember the Jane Austen and Krytens' exploding heads, and that line where he says 'he ain't heavy, he's my brother', but not much else. The thing about Jane Austen, and the gals might be too young to know this, but in the 90's Jane Austen was HUGE!!! Multiple movies, the books being best sellers, even a movie called "Jane Austenland", where people would live out the week or weekend as Jane Austen characters!!

[@PGHEngineer]

Also, the Kochanski character was exactly the kind of middle class British university graduate who was obsessed with Jane Austen.

[@SteffBrockley]

I heard somewhere that Don Henderson, the actor playing Simulant, was dying of throat cancer at the time of recording, hence his gaspy, raspy voice. I always thought it was quite a chilling performance.

[@PGHEngineer]

Yes, that's true. This was filmed in his last year before he died.

[@joshuajoshua2732]

The tank Kryten uses in the seventh series episode "Beyond a Joke" had previously been used in the James Bond film Goldeneye (1995). The number shown on the tank, 343, is the same in both. The tank arrived late after being caught in traffic on the M25 motorway, and the explosion it created was enough to set off car alarms and provoke many complaints from nearby residents.

[@dnf-dead]

There's something on the starboard bow.... is it klingons?... 😆 🤣 😂 😹

[@Redfern42]

I literally started singing that verse as soon as the line was uttered! 🤪

[@partariothe5th]

@@Redfern42 Same!

[@kmac169]

Scrap 'em off Jim!

[@clasicradiolover]

I heard it in my head, too.

[@MrEAus]

It's life, Jim, but not as we know it, not as we know it, not as we know it...

[@clasicradiolover]

I've barely heard of Jane Austin. Thanks for the explanation.

[@BlameThande]

You may not get the pun that Kryten's "Negadrive" is a reference to the Sega Mega Drive, the console which was renamed the "Genesis" in North America for copyright reasons.

[@ehridium]

they say that Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, is Sense and Sensibility with swords. I can't vouch this, the closest I've come to Jane Austen is reading Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.

[@WotFanar]

ok if we are going for good pun titles and murder misterys, the bbc in the nights had a series called "Crime Traveller" which also stared Chloë Annett the same year as she was in season 7 of red dwarf. she plays a scientist whos farther built a time macheine that she keeps fixing and helps a police detective go back in time to solve crimes. it was pretty good but only got one seasson.

[@christianschoff2490]

It's so refreshing and wonderful to see someone enjoying Series 7.

[@PassiveSmoking]

As obnoxious as he's been this season, I'm with Kryten on this one. Dinner's ready right now, the video games can wait.

[@timelordvictorious]

The Jane Austin thing was more of a comment on during the 90’s there was a great deal of costume dramas being maid.. and it maid sense for her character to like them.

[@Lord_Skeptic]

Made

[@ZondaFRoadster]

I love how you can see a single frame of the fake Kryten head each time right before it explodes. Watching it in real time, it does give you the sense of him freezing up as his lightning-fast mind feels it coming 😆

[@djco5782]

I work in the Bath Georgian/Jane Austen tourism industry, and as great as she is, sometimes it's quite satisfying to watch this episode.

[@HerculePyro]

I love the Colin firth pride and prejudice

[@DavidSmith-cx8dg]

Loved this one , revenge for all the costume dramas I had to watch when I was a kid . Actually they weren't that bad but there were an awful lot . .Nice to see Don Henderson and the idea of Krytens corrupted brother droid was a nice touch . I'm enjoying your thoughts on this series - it's different but I don't think it deserved the criticism it got by some fans .

[@voxorox]

"It's called... ow, my hip." Oh, I know that one! (Quite well, unfortunately.)

[@anthonygibbs-gv7qp]

Great reactions kat and paula glad ur loving series 7 u will love the next episode have a lovely evening take care both of u stay safe keep getting dwarfed ❤❤❤❤❤

[@phillipcarlroberts4640]

One thing you have to understand about Kryten now is that he has broken his programming, he is starting to show how he feels about certain situations, before the episode in series 4 (Camille) all he did was serve humanoids first, namely Mister Lister, but Lister is the one that has taught him that he should have an opinion on matters...there is also the fact that Kochansky has more than doubled his work load with the salad cream situation :)...I SAID SUPPER IS READY.

[@---maez---]

I'd watch y'all reacting to Jane Austen properties!

[@clasicradiolover]

These strides are too tackle tight, Officer BB.

[@joeker1013]

The TTRPG Call of Cthulhu has a Jane Austin setting.

[@Hard-Boiled-Bollock]

The original Carpool is Mr. Robert Kryten

[@SebastianWeinberg]

When I watched this for the first time, as soon as I heard Kryten say, "He ain't heavy…" I burst out laughing, because I _knew_ what was coming next; what _had_ to come next: "He's my brother." I'd bet good money that this joke was the seed from which the entire episode sprang. Everything else was written for the sole purpose of getting to _this_ line. I'm sure of it.

[@rachelstechman5959]

Like "We'll always have Parrots"

[@jamestotty5956]

For what it’s worth, I would 100% watch you guys react to the 1995 Pride and Prejudice mini series. That’s the absolute best version. Also gender stereotypes can get in the bin. I’m a man and I love Jane Austen. I feel like people assume stuff like P&P are going to be stuffy, but god damn there’s some funny bits in that book too.

[@MilanousMedia]

Robert Lewellyn, Krytens actor actually wrote this episode. It was originally called "Barely Abel" before re-writes. He originally wrote Kryten out after the head explosion. All versions of the scripts are available on his website I believe

[@geoffmason7215]

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies .......staring Matt Smith

[@willot4237]

If anyone knows Jane Austin its a BBC, they must done SO MANY Jane Austin productions over the decades it's crazy (and they already had all the costumes)

[@rosenthorn_]

So what this episode taught us is that Kochanski is Paula and Paula is Kochanski. Also i love the Kiera Knightly Pride and Prejudice.

[@wokingrmt791]

Love Paula's grooving to the Upbeat Funky Music 😊

[@cutthr0atjake]

Jane Austen was a great, sarcastic writer. The book is great, as is Northanger Abbey - Jane Austens pisstake of the gothic novel. If you fancy something a bit sillier, try the book Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Its half of Austen's original with added martial arts & zombies!

[@brendanfalvy1281]

Yes! Please react to the Pride and Prejudice BBC series with Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth. Sense and Sensibility with Emma Thompson is fantastic. I would also watch a react to that

[@badfairy9554]

It is very good.

[@djarm67]

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

[@badfairy9554]

Loved that film.

[@ajivins1]

Matt Smith.

[@JimCroz]

Kat might prefer Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.

[@elephantbrandmcmahan]

I’d love to watch your reactions to all of the Jane Austen adaptations!!

[@therealpbristow]

*All* of them could take a lifetime! =:o}

[@d.r.jarrell7239]

I've never read Pride and Prejudice but I watched "Jane Austen's Mafia!" many, many times.

[@elvwood]

It is a truth sadly not universally acknowledged that "Lost in Austen" is a fantastic sideways look at Pride & Prejudice. I tried to show it to my kids, and they refused to watch any more after the first episode because they love the original plotline too much!

[@gumblejackharkness6519]

Speaking as a dude, which I tend to do, you should totally do reaction videos for the BBC Pride and Prejudice mini series!

[@therealpbristow]

The 1980 version, please! =:o}

[@msmilder25]

So this is video one of the Gallifrey Gals Jane Austen reaction series...hahahaha

[@BaronVonHardcharger]

Ah damn, I have a couple floating ribs from an old injury, and I felt that "Can't tell if my hip went out or in" so bad. Thanks for laughing through it, ya'll!

[@whobp8]

1) I concur with Paula that the Colin Firth miniseries is the best adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, though it could do with a few more people being taken out with blowguns, like this episode. 2) I subscribed to your channel about two seconds after you launched it, after originally watching your Doctor Who reactions on the other channel. 3) Your thumbnail picture this week looks like the theatrical tragedy/comedy masks. Glad to see there was more of the laughing face than the weeping one.

[@BrianDavidson-q1j]

Pride & Prejudice & Zombies movie starring Matt Smith.

[@dnf-dead]

Gals from the Dwarf.. 😆 🤣 😂 😹

[@CrowVWade]

You just made me notice there is no open pointing down hands emoji. It’s offends me that I can’t boys from the dwarf emoji

[@readingroomcafeproject]

re Emma Thompson's adaptation of sense and sensibility - her computer died and Stephen Fry recovered the script for her

[@TomLevins1]

Perhaps I didn't make myself clear. I said SUPPER IS READY.

[@JackRascal]

I'm glad you two are picking up on the "girl tropes" of Doug's writing for this season. However, in his (rare) defence for this one, this Pride and Prejudice stuff was more of a bit-too-late cultural reference: the Colin Firth adaptation of Pride and Prejudice had aired on the BBC 13 months earlier, and was MASSIVE at the time. That "laughter" at the start of the Gelf bit - it sounds canned? Another thing I noticed was Robert Lllewellyn's English accent slipping out in both roles during this one. One horrible thing about this episode is that Don Henderson's voice wasn't an acting choice, but the result of throat cancer. RIP.

[@chrism7395]

I seem to remember the BBC pouring tons of money into (what seemed like) endless period dramas at the time

[@rachelstechman5959]

My husband freakin' loves the BBC mini series Pride & Prejudice!

[@dalewinship1158]

Blokes can like Austen too, once went through an Austen phase wrote an A Level essay on Sense & Sensibility, arguing Austen had sold Marianne short by settling for Col. Brandon. Remember being quite passionate about it, quite likely because I full on fancied Kate Winslet in the film! 😂 as for film adaptations Clueless proper nails Emma.

[@marybeaird6171]

You need to see this video. "Red Dwarf Cast Reunion Comic Con Liverpool 2024 (Full Show Q&A Panel, Very Funny)"

[@jimhoyt5]

I've been subscribed from the beginning - following you over from Fan Theory when you left that channel to create your own.

[@JoeHegyiIII]

You can see Matt Smith in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

[@panthershadowwalk]

The tank Kryten uses is the same tank that appeared in James Bond: Goldeneye. it it a Russian T-34 Also been subscribed since your first Red Dwarf react :)

[@djcowell91]

For the dude portion of the audience, maybe compromise and react to Pride and Predjudice and Zombies? :-)

[@Dirkus17]

Never read any Austen, but love me a bit of Austentatious. No-one barely suppresses yearning quite like CG.

[@briangilliver2197]

Pride and prejudice Vs zombies, lots of fun film.

[@briangilliver2197]

Starring Matt Smith ( former doctor who )

[@lisam2409]

Have you seen Pride & Prejudice & Zombies? Matt Smith is in it

[@CulturePhilter]

I’ve seen and enjoyed a few Jane Austin adaptation. Never read any though. What you COULD do a reaction to is “Lost in Austin” a 4 part mini series from 2008 where a young woman from modern day swaps places with a the character of Elizabeth Bennet. So Elizabeth is in modern day (well, 2008) London and she’s in the plot of Pride and prejudice

[@NZBigfoot]

While yeah Kochanski is a bit of a female stereotype, i dont think it was really intended intentionally or mean spirited... I mean you have to realize Cat, Rimmer, Krytan and 1000x Lister are all male stereotypes... so any of Kochanskis female stereotypes they play into kinda stand out in all that blokeyness. I mean in the interest of equality, if most of us can nod our heads at some of the gross stuff Lister can do or the mentality of Rimmer and say 'well yeah as a guy we've all/Ive done that', then the same can be said for the other side of the equation. Stereotypes and self deprecating humor like with alot of comedy typically isnt trying to be mean, its only when its framed in a manner that it can only be taken as a genuine insult that it becomes bad.

[@Paris.mcdonough]

You both were on fire today and I love the lister impression because that's very similar to my accent as well

[@garysmith3037]

Kat might enjoy Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (the book). I liked it, lol. Or the audio. (there is a movie too....with Matt Smith) And there is Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters....

[@Calzaki]

To keep driving home the point I keep making... Every series of Red Dwarf must be set in a different parallel universe for it to make sense... yes I know the continuity is just screwed up but the parallel universe theory does resolve a lot of the inconsistencies... Like how series 7 can talk about his "negative emotions" being stored on a special file when series 3 or 4 Kryten was under the impression he didn't have, or hadn't experienced emotions at all

[@Lord_Skeptic]

I do not blame Kryten. I mean ketchup with lobster. The nerve of some people. It makes me so (explode).

[@Roberto_79]

I’m with you girls until you’re totally caught up 🎉🎉🎉

[@chrism7395]

Unlikely, but I wonder if the Hugh joke was also a nod to Star Trek's free Borg

[@matthewoakley7702]

I've read the P&P murder mystery series and I really enjoyed them. Nice to see that Paula is a fellow fan.

[@michaelstill5184]

I love Paula's interest in Jane Austen. Does she think Chris Barrie would have been a great Mr Collins?